December 31, 2011
ShareNelson County, Virginia After years and millions of dollars in infrastructure, International Broadband Electric Communications is apparently shutting down operations within the next month. Customer support apparently ceased for at least some Nelson County, VA customers on Friday December 30th, according to a letter below sent to a customer in Afton just before Christmas. We [...]
April 25, 2009
ShareThis is the latest update received from IBEC on Friday 4.24.09 Nelson County, Virginia Martins Store Substation BPL Update April 24, 2009 This has been a better week. We have had crews most of the week and have been able to work on issues, although they were rained out Monday and part of Tuesday. While [...]
April 17, 2009
Share Nelson County, Virginia Martins Store Substation BPL Update – April 17, 2009 There is little to report this week as the crews were all pulled to do storm work. They will return Monday and we will continue to optimize the networks. We have done a better job with the map. The new one shows [...]
April 17, 2009
ShareThis is an article that appeared in the online version of Smart Grid Today on April 16th 2009 at www.smartgridtoday.com Amperion and IBEC signed a deal whereby the former will provide BPL services and support for high-speed internet access and smart grid applications, said Amperion this morning. The multi-year license and supply agreement covers BPL [...]
April 11, 2009
ShareNelson County, Virginia Martins Store Substation BPL Update April 10, 2009 Several customers have requested a map of the various headends so that when we mention progress on the various headends you have a better understanding of where we are talking about. This is more difficult than you might imagine since the electric grid does [...]
April 4, 2009
ShareMartins Store Substation BPL Update April 3, 2009 This week we finished the Woodsmill 1 headend. This means that all the backbone units are installed for every circuit except what we call the Nellysford circuit which runs South down Rockfish Valley Highway. There is about 2 weeks worth of work left to finish all the [...]
March 27, 2009
ShareFrom: “IBEC Customer Service” Date: March 27, 2009 5:43:34 PM EDT To: “info” Subject: Martins Store Broadband over Powerline Update March 27, 2009 Martins Store Substation BPL Update March 27, 2009 The crews finished the Woodsmill 1 headend with the exception of 3 units this week. They also began hanging the CAUs for those that [...]
March 20, 2009
ShareFrom: “IBEC Customer Service” Date: March 20, 2009 5:22:12 PM EDT To: “info” Subject: Martins Store Broadband over Powerline Update March 20, 2009 Martins Store Substation BPL Update March 20, 2009 We have made significant progress this week. All backbone units on the Afton 3 headend have been hung. We expect to finish Woodsmill 1 [...]
March 13, 2009
ShareNelson County, Virginia The latest BPL email blast update from IBEC as of Friday evening 3.13.09. From: “IBEC Customer Service” Date: March 13, 2009 5:27:02 PM EDT To: “info” Subject: Martins Store Broadband over Powerline Update March 13, 2009 Martins Store Substation BPL Update March 13, 2009 This week the crews returned and we were [...]
March 11, 2009
ShareNelson County, Virginia As we have been reporting for the better part of a year, IBEC (International Broadband Electric Communications, Inc) has been on an aggressive plan to expand it’s BPL (broadband over powerline) service in Nelson County, Virginia. Some limited areas in Southern Nelson County already have the service installed some years ago. Most [...]